Kentucky is shifting the majority of its Medicaid program to private managed care organizations and closed its bidding processes for managed care vendors last week, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center has joined the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper and 13 other hospitals in the state to form the Wyoming Integrated Care Network, according to a Wyoming Business Report article. John Lucas, MD, CEO of Cheyenne…
Suffern, N.Y.-based Bon Secours Charity Health System has integrated five medical practices into its medical group, according to a system news release. The New York practices now affiliated with Bon Secours Medical Group include:• Ramapo Valley Surgical Associates, a four-surgeon…
The American Medical Association has submitted its comments to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on the proposed policy regarding antitrust regulation of accountable care organizations, according to an AMA news release. The AMA has said existing antitrust…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a conference call June 7 to review its request for applications for the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model. The model, which was introduced last week, is designed for advanced organizations ready…
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Stating that the initial ACO opportunity should not be for everybody, an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine says CMS shouldn’t be too quick to lower the ACO bar in response to stakeholder comments on the controversial…
University General Health System, based in Houston, has reported $15.7 million in first quarter 2011 net revenues, indicating a 50 percent increase over the first quarter of 2010, according to a health system news release.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a factsheet on accountable care organizations for rural providers, sharing four specific provisions intended to increase rural participation in the Medicare Shared Savings program. The following provisions are mentioned in the…
The American Academy of Family Physicians has submitted its response to CMS’ proposed rule for Medicare accountable care organizations, saying the program needs to be improved to ensure family physicians can play an integral role in ACOs, according to an…
Citing “serious concerns,” seven members of the Senate Finance Committee have asked CMS to withdraw the proposed regulation for Medicare accountable care organizations, according to an AHA News Now report. Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mike Crapo (R-ID),…